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单词 inundation
释义
inundation
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌɪn.ʌnˈdeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.ʌnˈdeɪ.ʃən/
aflood, or thefactof beingfloodedwithwater:
洪水；淹没，泛滥
Thedamsavedtheareafrom inundation.大坝使该地区免遭洪水淹没。
adebateover thebestwaystodealwithrepeatedindundations关于应对复发性洪水最佳方法的一场辩论
alargenumberofpeopleor things thatarrivesomewherelike aflood, and aredifficulttodealwith:
大量涌入
Thetownispreparingfor theannualinundation oftourists.这个城镇正在为一年一度的游客潮做准备。
Theareahasseenregularinundations of incomers.这个地区经常出现人口大量涌入的情况。
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  • There would be moreseveredroughtsandflooding,plusinundation ofbeaches,islandsandmarshes.
  • Low-lying Louisianastandstosuffersome inundation ifclimatechangeprojectionscometrue.
  • Theneighborhoodwasheavilydamagedin thetsunamiof 1946 andleveledin the 1960 inundation.
  • We had asuddeninundation ofbeetles.
  • Massinundations byvisitors, such as the 200,000 whoflockto theairshow,requirespecialpreparation.
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Masses and large amounts of things
Groups of people
(Definition ofinundationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinundation

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The increased risk ofinundationfrom storms would require even higher sea walls for protection.
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These probably functioned to regulate the rate and timing of seasonalinundationand subsequent drainage of the lagoon and adjoining fields.
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In the floodplain forests theinundationphase is followed by a short dry season, when the rainfalls start late.
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Why do slatey-grey snakes show so little modification of their spatial ecology in the face of this dramatic seasonalinundation?
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On the east side of the cobble embankment, a thick bed of black clay indicates that the area was subjected to periods ofinundation.
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For species that do not tolerate completeinundationof several months, fast height growth should be considered as an adaptation for escaping total flooding.
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The point of maximuminundationmay occur to the side, as well as directly on the line, of reflective symmetry.
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The country consequently does not lose beachfront property throughinundationbut rather interior land.
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Other countries, with lower land values, may well come to a different conclusion, that allows for a mixture ofinundationand protection over time.
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Using the best available contour maps, we measure the amount of land at risk ofinundationin each site in each decade.
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The depreciation would reduce the economic losses to the structure caused byinundation.
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However, in other islands or coastal regions, sea level rise might threaten a substantial fraction of the developable land of a country toinundation.
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Successional processes in mangrove forests were thought to be driven primarily by physical factors associated with tidalinundation.
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In the present study, the observed spatial heterogeneity in forest palm density probably predated theinundationevents that created forest islands.
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This approach reduces the present value of protection costs considerably and protects a valuable resource frominundation.
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